> > On Dec 31, 2010, at 11:27 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >> 1- leave the older system unplugged until asked to do so. >> 2- you can do it at any time, the Migration Assistant is always >> available to use. >> 3- you have options for exactly what you can migrate
10-4 >> >> I *strongly* recommend first setting up the new system and installing >> all your applications fresh from the original distribution media. Do >> all the Software Updates, make sure the new system is working >> perfectly. THEN run the Migration Assistant and migrate all your USER >> files, NO applications or system additions. By that, i am assuming you mean set up CS. LR etc with my disk not migrate. I have disks for both. Other than what comes with iLife, my only other applications are Toast, jalbum., text wrangeler and fetch, no disks for those. I don';t have a disk for toast, and can get one, and bought fetch via download. Dave >> >> This is exactly how I configured my own new system in August 2010* and >> exactly how I have set up new systems for about three dozen clients in >> the past couple of years. It is an efficient and robust methodology to >> configuring a new Apple system. I have had to do zero support on all >> those installations, they all worked flawlessly from the moment I >> handed them back to the clients. >> >> Godfrey > > I ended up doing it as Godfrey described as well. I tried migrating > applications first, and many didn't work. I ended up erasing the hard drive > and starting over. It all works perfectly now. > Paul >> >> * with one additional step: I used SuperDuper to clone my working >> startup drive first and ran the Migration Assistant using the clone. >> That completely eliminates all possibility of anything during the >> installation process losing data on the old system. I'll have to look at that. Dave >> >> On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 4:09 AM, David J Brooks <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Happy New Year all. >>> >>> Looks like my iMac will be ordered in a day or so with projected >>> delivery on the week of the 7th. >>> >>> I have been told by a friend of mine, who has a graphics business and >>> uses Mac, as well as 1-2 lister, that i will be able to hook up my >>> iBook to the new iMac and transfer files and programs over. >>> My friend tells me to hook up at start up of the iMac but what I see >>> on the Apple site it does not suggest that. >>> I know i need a firewire adaptor from 400 to 800 but what are the >>> thoughts on migration. I don't want to screw this up. >>> >>> Hopefully programs like PSCS1 and Toast 6 will run on the new OS. >>> >>> Dave >>> >>> -- >>> Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. >>> www.caughtinmotion.com >>> http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ >>> York Region, Ontario, Canada >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Godfrey >> godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
